Accenture (NYSE:ACN) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 13.520-13.900 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 13.770. The company issued revenue guidance of $71.1 billion-$73.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $73.6 billion.

Accenture Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ACN opened at $273.40 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $180.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.50, a P/E/G ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 1.26. The business has a 50-day moving average of $251.83 and a two-hundred day moving average of $264.30. Accenture has a fifty-two week low of $229.40 and a fifty-two week high of $398.35.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, December 18th. The information technology services provider reported $3.94 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.74 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $18.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $18.51 billion. Accenture had a return on equity of 26.45% and a net margin of 11.02%.Accenture has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.520-13.900 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Accenture will post 12.73 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Accenture Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 14th. Investors of record on Friday, October 10th were issued a $1.63 dividend. This is a boost from Accenture’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.48. The ex-dividend date was Friday, October 10th. This represents a $6.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.4%. Accenture’s payout ratio is 53.66%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ACN has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Rothschild Redb cut shares of Accenture from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Susquehanna dropped their price target on Accenture from $330.00 to $270.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Accenture in a research report on Friday, September 26th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Accenture from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 11th. Finally, Dbs Bank raised shares of Accenture from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $294.04.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Julie Spellman Sweet sold 9,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.57, for a total transaction of $2,246,130.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 23,516 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,868,888.12. This trade represents a 27.68% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Manish Sharma sold 6,902 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $250.01, for a total transaction of $1,725,569.02. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 1,860 shares in the company, valued at approximately $465,018.60. The trade was a 78.77% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 33,319 shares of company stock worth $8,335,225. 0.02% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ACN. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of Accenture by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 28,135,065 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $6,938,156,000 after purchasing an additional 118,460 shares in the last quarter. Amundi boosted its position in Accenture by 6.6% in the third quarter. Amundi now owns 2,844,127 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $705,757,000 after buying an additional 174,937 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in Accenture by 4.4% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,798,027 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $689,993,000 after buying an additional 119,133 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of Accenture by 6.3% in the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 1,803,557 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $539,065,000 after acquiring an additional 107,125 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Voloridge Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Accenture in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $311,694,000. 75.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Accenture Company Profile

Accenture plc, a professional services company, provides strategy and consulting, industry X, song, and technology and operation services worldwide. The company offers application services, including agile transformation, DevOps, application modernization, enterprise architecture, software and quality engineering, data management; intelligent automation comprising robotic process automation, natural language processing, and virtual agents; and application management services, as well as software engineering services; strategy and consulting services; data and analytics strategy, data discovery and augmentation, data management and beyond, data democratization, and industrialized solutions comprising turnkey analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions; metaverse; and sustainability services.